Ian Blackford denies SNP faces cash crisis and insists party finances are 'robust'
Ian Blackford has denied the SNP faces a cash crisis amid reports the party's falling membership has stretched its finances to breaking point.
More than 30,000 members have quit over the last two years over a range of issues including independence strategy and gender recognition reform. It follows a warning from Colin Beattie, the SNP treasurer, reportedly told members yesterday the party was "having difficulty in balancing the books due to the reduction in membership and donors".
"As would be normal, we’d be looking at how we can raise additional funds as well. The party will be ready to meet all its liabilities, and will certainly be ready to meet the challenge, if it comes, of a by-election in Rutherglen over the course of the coming period.”A by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West could be triggered if sitting MP Margaret Ferrier is suspended from Westminster for 30 days after being convicted of breaking covid rules in 2020.
Scottish politics Jackie Baillie, Scottish Labour depute leader, said: "The SNP is a party in complete disarray - with claim and counter-claim being traded in the crossfire.
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